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speaker boehner says he is waiting to see those. >>shepard: a lot of the president's base criticized him in their mind from negotiating from a point of weakness. a lot of that, he could be going for that base, they have a long way to go before republicans will play. >>guest: they do. talking of the political bases on the conservative side, there is a lost treasure on speaker boehner to not give in on what is the holy grill for them, which is not raising tax rates. so speaker boehner reiterated today that he would be willing to wipe out some deductions and make other tax changes but he wants to lower rates. not race rates the he had choice words for the president. >> i took a great risk. the white house spent three weeks frying to develop a proposal, with one up here that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes. calls for not even $400 billion in cuts. and they want to have this extra spending that is actually greater than the amount they are willing to cut. it was not a serious proposal. so right now we are almost nowhere. >>reporter:
speaker boehner says he is waiting to see those. >>shepard: a lot of the president's base criticized him in their mind from negotiating from a point of weakness. a lot of that, he could be going for that base, they have a long way to go before republicans will play. >>guest: they do. talking of the political bases on the conservative side, there is a lost treasure on speaker boehner to not give in on what is the holy grill for them, which is not raising tax rates. so speaker boehner...
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it's something that boehner had out there, five year transportation bill, it's essentially dead because he could not rally enough republicans to it. the house will take up the senate version if they do not do something, it disrupting 130,000 projects and lays off a lot of construction workers. to me, that says that the republicans are finally realizing that they have to pass something, anything. >> yes, something anything. ? little princes or what have you. >> on the scope of it, there's big obstacles that stopped the grand bargain and all of that still exists. it will take the november election to really resolve those. the first fight after the november election, unless something dramatic happens will be the bush tax us ccuts. i think it's true, the republicans in 2010 and through last year could afford to be cocky. the president's number says were low and the anxiety was high, and people were programmed to opposition to obama. that will shift as the numbers go up, and if he gets re-elected. >> i think it will be interesting to see what happens on infrastructure, sperling said the inst
it's something that boehner had out there, five year transportation bill, it's essentially dead because he could not rally enough republicans to it. the house will take up the senate version if they do not do something, it disrupting 130,000 projects and lays off a lot of construction workers. to me, that says that the republicans are finally realizing that they have to pass something, anything. >> yes, something anything. ? little princes or what have you. >> on the scope of it,...
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i think john boehner is in a nightmare situation. it could not be a cleaner case for republicans defending only the tax cuts for the top 2%. this is very clear. mitt romney tried to parse it and say, well, maybe we'll get revenue from capping deductions. maybe we'll go after the mortgage interest or some other deductions. that was litigated. they lost. it's simple and clear to everyone that 98% of the tax cuts could go through tomorrow, today, any time if boehner got out of the way. but he still has the rejectionists in the lame duck caucus, and i think he's a little afraid the right flank might come at that speakership he has to reup for on january. he has to talk the tea party, talk even though he knows it's a losing proposition. >> i know you're a progressive, and that's why i love you. but let's talk politics. why does a political party that hopes to get 51% of the country in the next presidential election put all its stock in 2%? >> well, you're dealing with reality. the reality -- >> yeah. >> the tea party caucus of the house w
i think john boehner is in a nightmare situation. it could not be a cleaner case for republicans defending only the tax cuts for the top 2%. this is very clear. mitt romney tried to parse it and say, well, maybe we'll get revenue from capping deductions. maybe we'll go after the mortgage interest or some other deductions. that was litigated. they lost. it's simple and clear to everyone that 98% of the tax cuts could go through tomorrow, today, any time if boehner got out of the way. but he...
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for the gop house speaker john boehner. geithner and boehner only on fox news sunday. plus, we've seen this movie before. the two parties edging closer and closer to the brink. we will ask our sunday panel whether we will get a happy ending or an economic disaster. and our power player of the week. a young beauty queen has to make a tough choice. all right now on fox news sunday. >> hello again from fox news in washington. well, we had quite a day around here friday with talks to avoid the fiscal cliff deadlock, and everyone saying the other side is to blame, pressure secretary geithner scheduled a ground of interviews. then friday afternoon, speaker boehner's office called to say he wanted to come on fox news sunday to tell his side of the story. you will hear from bain -- john bainner a few minutes. first my conversation with tim geithner about the lack of progress in steering away from the cliff. >> secretary geithner, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> nice to see you, chris. >> i spoke with house speaker boehner before you came over here. he said when you present
for the gop house speaker john boehner. geithner and boehner only on fox news sunday. plus, we've seen this movie before. the two parties edging closer and closer to the brink. we will ask our sunday panel whether we will get a happy ending or an economic disaster. and our power player of the week. a young beauty queen has to make a tough choice. all right now on fox news sunday. >> hello again from fox news in washington. well, we had quite a day around here friday with talks to avoid...
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can boehner think, look, i've got as much mandate as the president? >> i think he should absolutely think that, paul. the president made clear, didn't really run on the second term agenda and didn't talk about it much. i'll tell you what the mandate is right now, the mandate is that fiscal cliff, the bipartisan mandate. >> paul: to go off it is the mandate or not to go off. >> i think the stock market went off in the last week, people are saying pretty clearly you've got to do something about this now. i think they have a lot of leverage here, because if something isn't done, the economy is going to decline, maybe go into recession and i think employment can get as high as 10%. >> paul: if we had another recession it would have. >> if you're the president of the united states in a second term, you do not want a legacy, unemployment-- >> the lesson, don't give in at all, you won and if you go off a cliff, you blame them and they'll get the blame. >> he has no other term. i think obama's going to start thinking about his legacy and i predict he may thro
can boehner think, look, i've got as much mandate as the president? >> i think he should absolutely think that, paul. the president made clear, didn't really run on the second term agenda and didn't talk about it much. i'll tell you what the mandate is right now, the mandate is that fiscal cliff, the bipartisan mandate. >> paul: to go off it is the mandate or not to go off. >> i think the stock market went off in the last week, people are saying pretty clearly you've got to do...
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that's a real easy one if speaker boehner can deliver maybe 30, 35 votes. i think we would be happy to pass that and avert that huge tax increase at the end of the year or beginning of next year and we can extend the spending limits and delay the across the board cuts until a more comprehensive balanced approach is negotiated. >> senator bob corker is putting out a plan that includes a trillion dollars in revenue. he says he would cap deductions and this morning he did not rule out raising the capital gains rate. take a listen. zp there is a menu of options on the revenue side and the entitlement side and as long as there are two parties that are willing to solve this problem, this is a very easy thing to do technically. what it takes is political courage. >> i guess there are two questions there. is it easy technically and is right now what's missing the political courage to make some tough decisions? >> well, you know, i think senator corker is right. technically it is pretty easy although it is not as simple as some people make it. i mean, capital gains
that's a real easy one if speaker boehner can deliver maybe 30, 35 votes. i think we would be happy to pass that and avert that huge tax increase at the end of the year or beginning of next year and we can extend the spending limits and delay the across the board cuts until a more comprehensive balanced approach is negotiated. >> senator bob corker is putting out a plan that includes a trillion dollars in revenue. he says he would cap deductions and this morning he did not rule out...
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john boehner is a good conservative. what we have learned from last week is that if you give the 30 to 60, whatever the actual number was, we can't know for issue, but 30 to 60 of the most conservative republicans veto power, you will never get a reasonable solution. president obama made a lot of concessions to john boehner. a lot of liberals didn't like all the concessions he made. he limited the reach of the tax cut, changed the indexing of social security. he put that stuff in there to get republican votes. i think if john boehner -- and it would take courage, said we're going to let the whole housework its will, you can't pass a lot of reasonable bills if you worked from the center out instead of starting from the far right and see what they can take. it's clear they're not going to accept much of anything that might be helpful. >> red state was reporting 34 would bolt from the caucus. what's your thought here, e.j.? did the republicans do a disservice to themselves? >> absolutely. i think they took themselves out of
john boehner is a good conservative. what we have learned from last week is that if you give the 30 to 60, whatever the actual number was, we can't know for issue, but 30 to 60 of the most conservative republicans veto power, you will never get a reasonable solution. president obama made a lot of concessions to john boehner. a lot of liberals didn't like all the concessions he made. he limited the reach of the tax cut, changed the indexing of social security. he put that stuff in there to get...
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speaker of the house john boehner called it dead on arrival yesterday. the question is whether democrats in the senate hold the line here or whether they say, we need to do something about a carl levin seems to think you can't push this through with the nuclear option. you need to get two-thirds on board. >> this is what happened when they last considered this in 2010 where you had the gray beards of the institution say no, this is supposed to be the [ inaudible ] for the house and chris dodds go to the floor and say this cannot happened. what happens with gray beards is they usually leave. >> or get grayer. >> we have a new class of senate democrats coming in and saying there is a legal and constitutional basis for doing this. the thing that i think gets confused here, is that they're not doing away with the filibuster. what reid is trying to do -- >> i think they should do. >> well, you can make -- you can have the argument because a lot of reproductive rights groups would be more cauckau -- cautio about them. have them show up and get 40 votes. >> if
speaker of the house john boehner called it dead on arrival yesterday. the question is whether democrats in the senate hold the line here or whether they say, we need to do something about a carl levin seems to think you can't push this through with the nuclear option. you need to get two-thirds on board. >> this is what happened when they last considered this in 2010 where you had the gray beards of the institution say no, this is supposed to be the [ inaudible ] for the house and chris...
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boehner to stop protecting the rich. joy reid is managing editor of the grio, and david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones and the author of the ebook "47 percent." today the president took his pitch to a factory in the philadelphia suburbs, and he made clear the rich must pay their fair share. obama's job number one, a tax cut for the 98%. the rest of the people. let's listen to him. >> it's not acceptable to me and i don't think it's acceptable to you for just a handful of republicans in congress to hold middle class tax cuts hostage simply because they don't want tax rates on upper income folks to go up. all right? that doesn't make sense. the senate has already passed a bill to keep income taxes from going up on middle class families. that's already passed the senate. your members of congress, like allyson and chaka, other democrats in the house, they're ready to go, they're ready to vote on that same thing. if we can just get a few house republicans on board, we can pass the bill in the house, it will
boehner to stop protecting the rich. joy reid is managing editor of the grio, and david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones and the author of the ebook "47 percent." today the president took his pitch to a factory in the philadelphia suburbs, and he made clear the rich must pay their fair share. obama's job number one, a tax cut for the 98%. the rest of the people. let's listen to him. >> it's not acceptable to me and i don't think it's acceptable to you for just a...
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that will be up to john boehner's leadership. i think that john boehner wants to get something done. he is a deal maker. but he has 80, 90, 100 members in the caucus who refuse to take yes for an answer, as the president said. so i agreew on the overall issue of the debt. i think that's why the president put forward a plan on a grand bargain to get $4 trillion in deficit reduction, but that wouldn't have been able to pass the house. so, short term, mcconnell and reid, they are dealt makers. they have done this before. long term or over the next two, three, four week, it will be in john boehner's hands with the president doing a lot of prodding. >> i think that speaker boehner -- really it does depend on what happens in the september. but i think if they were discussing on the sunday show this is morning, if they're going to be 60% of republicans in the senate who vote for it, i absolutely think that speaker boehner is going to go along with this and so we can get this short-term deal done, put this to rest and move on to the bigg
that will be up to john boehner's leadership. i think that john boehner wants to get something done. he is a deal maker. but he has 80, 90, 100 members in the caucus who refuse to take yes for an answer, as the president said. so i agreew on the overall issue of the debt. i think that's why the president put forward a plan on a grand bargain to get $4 trillion in deficit reduction, but that wouldn't have been able to pass the house. so, short term, mcconnell and reid, they are dealt makers....
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what do you think boehner wants to win? if he wins tonight and gets 218 votes in the house for the million dollar cutoff, what does he do to -- then he goes to the white house and he says something to the president. what is he saying? put up or shut up about the spending cuts? what does he want? >> well, you could guess that maybe he wants bigger spending cuts and maybe he says to the president, look, i know you can't accept this, but give me some more on spending, and i'll sell something more reasonable. maybe that's what he's trying. i don't know. i mean, because he's gone so far with this plan b -- >> mr. moran, in the cloakroom, when you try to read the offense on the other side or defense, whatever it is, when you're reading it, what do you see boehner trying to do -- it seems to me most of the people in his caucus are to his right. maybe cantor is only a little to his right, mccarthy, but the mass of them are tea party types. what is he trying to do? >> his end game is unfathomable, but i do have -- there's one possib
what do you think boehner wants to win? if he wins tonight and gets 218 votes in the house for the million dollar cutoff, what does he do to -- then he goes to the white house and he says something to the president. what is he saying? put up or shut up about the spending cuts? what does he want? >> well, you could guess that maybe he wants bigger spending cuts and maybe he says to the president, look, i know you can't accept this, but give me some more on spending, and i'll sell something...
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not the president who is the problem it's john boehner's lack of control of his own party. jon: you hear john boehner telling the president to show some leadership. >> i hope he goes to his caucus and is able to corral them. >> if you want economic growth you lower taxes. jon: julie and monica, thank you. >> thank you. jon: and we'll be right back. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it mahelp lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just he to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. jon: a fox news alert now on a deadly train crash at a parade honoring our nation's heroes. the images from midland, texas, where police say a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans. four people were killed. more than a dozen others injured. casey seeing fell live in midland, texas, with more on this tragedy. casey? >> reporter: yeah, jon, union pacific railroad spo
not the president who is the problem it's john boehner's lack of control of his own party. jon: you hear john boehner telling the president to show some leadership. >> i hope he goes to his caucus and is able to corral them. >> if you want economic growth you lower taxes. jon: julie and monica, thank you. >> thank you. jon: and we'll be right back. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it mahelp lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just he to eat it...
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and then after that, when he figured out it was speaker boehner, why wasn't he clapping? today's tweets today comes from oc ochocinco. if all feels bad in life, just remember, i love you, kind sir. the speaker responded, thanks and good luck in the super bowl. see you in the playoffs next year. go bengals. [ male announcer ] new starbucks blonde roast is another way to look at the bean. another way that reveals the lighter, mellower side of our roast. being blonde is nothing new but blonde roast is something new. something subtle. something soft. something with 40 years of roasting experience on its side. introducing delicious new starbucks blonde roast. the lighter roast perfected. ♪ prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ '80s dance music plays ] [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. i have a cold. and i took nyquil, but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] sorry buddy. truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. what? it doesn't have a decongestant. really? [ male announce
and then after that, when he figured out it was speaker boehner, why wasn't he clapping? today's tweets today comes from oc ochocinco. if all feels bad in life, just remember, i love you, kind sir. the speaker responded, thanks and good luck in the super bowl. see you in the playoffs next year. go bengals. [ male announcer ] new starbucks blonde roast is another way to look at the bean. another way that reveals the lighter, mellower side of our roast. being blonde is nothing new but blonde...
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the right message is cutting spending. >> reporter: a defeated speaker boehner said the president and senate leaders would now have to take the lead in finding a resolution to avert the fiscal cliff. >> how we get there god only knows. >> reporter: mr. speaker, it sounds like you're walking away from talks with the president. >> no, no, no. no, listen, i do not say that. nobody ought to read anything into this. we've got differences but the problem -- the country's got big spending problems and we've got to get serious added a dressing them. >> reporter: but this isn't the first time that something like this has happened in talks with the president. why should he have faith that when you negotiate with him that your members are behind him. >> listen, the president knows i've always been able to deliver on any promise i've made with him. >> reporter: it might sound like the smaller less ambitious package that the president is proposing tonight would be easier for the speaker to pass but it actuality might be more difficult for him to get republicans on board if it doesn't include that
the right message is cutting spending. >> reporter: a defeated speaker boehner said the president and senate leaders would now have to take the lead in finding a resolution to avert the fiscal cliff. >> how we get there god only knows. >> reporter: mr. speaker, it sounds like you're walking away from talks with the president. >> no, no, no. no, listen, i do not say that. nobody ought to read anything into this. we've got differences but the problem -- the country's got...
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the biggest unknown variable here is what the republican conference is going to do and whether boehner can rally the guys to get them on board. that is the biggest question here, because no matter what they decide among the leaders, they have to get it past the house and the senate. >> and you know, there is also compromise idea being floated around right now to keep the rates the same, but eliminate the deductions for the rich. nancy pelosi making her position on that very, very clear. take a listen to this. >> is that something that is acceptable? >> no. >> nott all, no way? >> no, the president made it very clear in his campaign that there is not enough, there are not enough resources -- what you just described as a formula and a blueprint for hammering our future. >> you know, dana, if she is hardening her stance here as we watch the rhetoric, does it matter here, because nancy p pelosi, really, how big of a seat does she have at the table right now? >> no. she is, and something of a highchair at this point. she is not particularly relevant to this debate. the president was nowhere
the biggest unknown variable here is what the republican conference is going to do and whether boehner can rally the guys to get them on board. that is the biggest question here, because no matter what they decide among the leaders, they have to get it past the house and the senate. >> and you know, there is also compromise idea being floated around right now to keep the rates the same, but eliminate the deductions for the rich. nancy pelosi making her position on that very, very clear....
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>> the powerful speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner. that was just today and i'm here now with jonathan karl, who has covered the campaign, covers congress for us. what did you hear, jon? >> reporter: he said raising tax rates is unacceptable. let me tell you, there is an entirely different view of that on the other side of the aisle and at the white house. if the president campaigned on one thing, it was raising tax rates on the wealthy. they say any deal that doesn't do that is unacceptable. >> so, what happens next now? i seem to hear the speaker saying, you know, we can talk -- >> reporter: you did. and he also wanted to reassure everybody, including the markets, that a deal will be done. we're not going to get to the brink. we're not going to get to the point where the credit rating of the country is again at risk. he said he's willing to talk about anything and he called himself the most reasonable man in washington. so, i think that he is determined to get something done. >> okay, jon karl, thank you. >>> and now, we're going to
>> the powerful speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner. that was just today and i'm here now with jonathan karl, who has covered the campaign, covers congress for us. what did you hear, jon? >> reporter: he said raising tax rates is unacceptable. let me tell you, there is an entirely different view of that on the other side of the aisle and at the white house. if the president campaigned on one thing, it was raising tax rates on the wealthy. they say any deal that...
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but house speaker john boehner isn't ready to budge yet. >> it will hurt small businesses, hurt our economy. it's why this is not the right approach. >> reporter: on capitol hill on wednesday, erskine bowles met with both sides. he's the co-chair of the committee that drew up a plan to cut the federal debt. >> i'm hopeful but don't put me down anywhere near optimistic category. we got a long way to go and very few days to get it done. >> reporter: and some signs of compromise from the democrats. the house democratic leader nancy pelosi is giving some hints her party may be willing to consider some of those offers made between the president and speaker boehner during last year's budget talks including cuts to medicaid and medicare and one more sign two sides are moving together. today president obama is hosting mitt romney for lunch. it's closed to the press but those fiscal cliff talks will be part of that discussion. >> curious minds will want to know. susan, thank you. the fiscal issue of another sort, the record setting powerball jackpot. we like talking about this fiscal issue. this mor
but house speaker john boehner isn't ready to budge yet. >> it will hurt small businesses, hurt our economy. it's why this is not the right approach. >> reporter: on capitol hill on wednesday, erskine bowles met with both sides. he's the co-chair of the committee that drew up a plan to cut the federal debt. >> i'm hopeful but don't put me down anywhere near optimistic category. we got a long way to go and very few days to get it done. >> reporter: and some signs of...
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you're being snookered. >> and pushing republicans towards tax increases and john boehner said we're up for revenue-- >> as several have pointed out the democrats won the election and that means that there are consequences and financial consequences that flow from that, and if the president wants 1 trillion 600 billion dollars worth of new revenue which the wall street journal was one of those to point out in the editorial he's entitled to get it at least what the democrats think and therefore, the republicans are on the defense. >> worth pointing out though that the republicans still won those, the majority in the house so they won an election, too, and the president, what strikes me as odd, the president campaigned on the tax increase proposal for the highest, you know, the highest couple of percentage of american taxpayers, that would raise, as i understand it, about 850 billion dollars, but he comes out with this proposal that's twice that so he's doubled down on the tax increase that he has. >> he has the upper hand which i actually think he does have the upper hand because ever
you're being snookered. >> and pushing republicans towards tax increases and john boehner said we're up for revenue-- >> as several have pointed out the democrats won the election and that means that there are consequences and financial consequences that flow from that, and if the president wants 1 trillion 600 billion dollars worth of new revenue which the wall street journal was one of those to point out in the editorial he's entitled to get it at least what the democrats think...
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maybe boehner can't sell it. he can't sell it to his caucus and so he's retreated to this position that he knows the democrats are never going to buy. >> mr. moran, they can look at this, the associated press reports today, quote, republicans have told senior administration officials that the boehner -- that boehner decided to put forward his plan b, this is what the million dollar thing is, after he concluded he could not get enough gop support for the proposal he made to obama over this past weekend. according to a senior administrative official. at least that's the way the press is reading this thing. boehner is doing this weird side show thing of his with a million dollar cutoff because he couldn't deliver on a trillion and a trillion over ten years which looked a reasonable proposal that might have gotten somewhere. >> well, absolutely. and he's further antagonizing more and more of the electorate, chris. and there are some things that are just so unfair, not only does he not provide the doc fix which means
maybe boehner can't sell it. he can't sell it to his caucus and so he's retreated to this position that he knows the democrats are never going to buy. >> mr. moran, they can look at this, the associated press reports today, quote, republicans have told senior administration officials that the boehner -- that boehner decided to put forward his plan b, this is what the million dollar thing is, after he concluded he could not get enough gop support for the proposal he made to obama over this...
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the problems that we had last legislative session are not john boehner's fault. first thing we need to do is look in the mirror and make sure we're doing what we're supposed to be doing and understand the reality. we have 1/2 of1/3 of government. >> the speaker says, you know, of i grew up in a large family and had my frustration trying to come to decisions within the if a manically and my goodness, there are 242 of us in this family and my job is to listen to members to make decisions how we move forward and get everybody on the same page and go. it's not easy and it's back to work this week on wednesday, the majority leader eric cantor's office says the house will vote on their resolution of disapproval of the president's request to raise the debt limit. harris. >> harris: peter, thank you. tebow mania, officially over at least for this nfl season. it leaves some fans saying don't go, tebow! and others shouting for the other man you see on the screen, tom brady, is that his real hair? sports on sunday next. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for
the problems that we had last legislative session are not john boehner's fault. first thing we need to do is look in the mirror and make sure we're doing what we're supposed to be doing and understand the reality. we have 1/2 of1/3 of government. >> the speaker says, you know, of i grew up in a large family and had my frustration trying to come to decisions within the if a manically and my goodness, there are 242 of us in this family and my job is to listen to members to make decisions...
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and that the fact that speaker boehner himself isn't sitting down with the president shouldn't be taken as a sign that talks aren't progress, scott. >> pelley: time is running, thanks, nancy. we've been get a lot of encouraging news about the economy lately and we got more today. in its most recent survey, the federal reserve found that consumer spending and economic growth are up in all regions of the country except those affected by hurricane sandy. moving on now to syria's civil war. at least 34 people were killed today when two car bombs ripped through a suburb of damascus. syria's assad dictatorship has been trying to crush a rebellion that broke out more than a year and a half ago. it is very rare for western journalists to report from inside the capital, but elizabeth palmer is there for us tonight. >> reporter: today's bombing spilled the blood of neighbors and friends. jaramana is a tight-knit community of christians and jews. religious minority groups in syria who are traditional supporters of president bashar al-assad. after the huge explosion, local people immediately pitche
and that the fact that speaker boehner himself isn't sitting down with the president shouldn't be taken as a sign that talks aren't progress, scott. >> pelley: time is running, thanks, nancy. we've been get a lot of encouraging news about the economy lately and we got more today. in its most recent survey, the federal reserve found that consumer spending and economic growth are up in all regions of the country except those affected by hurricane sandy. moving on now to syria's civil war....
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karen, if i were to con flat the words of mitt romney, john boehner and eric cantor for you these figures say president obama has got in the way of recovery and his policies are a total failure. only problem, unemployment is at its lowest in three years. >> somehow i think they missed the news that the president's policies have created 3.7 million jobs. as i like to do, i went back and in february of 2008 for the same period during george bush's presidency we had lost jobs and lost 63,000 jobs. somehow they don't remember that all those policies that they supported back then, we were losing jobs and now we're gaining jobs but that's a bad thing. it's really a sad statement when you have republicans actually rooting against the success of the american economy. >> that's what they appear to be doing. you've been critical of rom in the past saying he changes his position more times than a 4-year-old with adhd. you have to salute his consistency now. he said he's not concerned about the very poor and he's a friend with billionaire that's a form of fiscal consistency whether you like it or not
karen, if i were to con flat the words of mitt romney, john boehner and eric cantor for you these figures say president obama has got in the way of recovery and his policies are a total failure. only problem, unemployment is at its lowest in three years. >> somehow i think they missed the news that the president's policies have created 3.7 million jobs. as i like to do, i went back and in february of 2008 for the same period during george bush's presidency we had lost jobs and lost 63,000...
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should be permanent while speaker boehner says the president moved the goal post and wants too much in revenue. something we don't hear about is public opinion. most registered voters 57 percent feel the best way to deal with the budget problems is with cuts in spending. 20 percent think tax increases are a better solution and a little less 18 percent favor a balanced approach of cuts and tax hikes. and when asked if raising taxes on the wealthy is enough to solve the country's budget problems, 33 percent of registered voters said yes. but man fee more, 61 percent said spending cuts are necessary as well. this comes as three quarters of registered voters say all americans every single person should be kwierped to pay some amount of federal income tax so they are invested in the system. 77 percent he is think that's a good idea, 20 percent do not. if they do rise most registered voters 53 percent say president obama will try to use that money to fund more spending. the alternative to decreasing the deficit found much lower percent only 36 percent. of course the folks we polled are re
should be permanent while speaker boehner says the president moved the goal post and wants too much in revenue. something we don't hear about is public opinion. most registered voters 57 percent feel the best way to deal with the budget problems is with cuts in spending. 20 percent think tax increases are a better solution and a little less 18 percent favor a balanced approach of cuts and tax hikes. and when asked if raising taxes on the wealthy is enough to solve the country's budget problems,...
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consensus on how to back seat cut boehner. secretary of state hillary clinton finishes up her final weeks as america's top diplomat and has to contemplate her next move. the clinton world is not sitting quietly, though. t "the new york times" kicked off what is likely to become a monthly exercise by somebody in the media. we may come up with a meter. probably throw in jeb in there, right? we should call it the hillary jebatron version 2016. probably jon stewart starting that up already. jodie cantor interviewed a number of clinton aides about future plans and strikingly a lot of them talked. while clinton has dozens of options when she leaves the state department, cantor makes a smart observation. she is a big constraint. the more serious she is about 2016 the less she can do. no frank, seen it all memoir, no clients, commissions that could prove problematic in the 2016 primaries or the general. instead cantor reports that secretary clinton is considering writing an upbeat look at her time as secretary of state. not a painful
consensus on how to back seat cut boehner. secretary of state hillary clinton finishes up her final weeks as america's top diplomat and has to contemplate her next move. the clinton world is not sitting quietly, though. t "the new york times" kicked off what is likely to become a monthly exercise by somebody in the media. we may come up with a meter. probably throw in jeb in there, right? we should call it the hillary jebatron version 2016. probably jon stewart starting that up...
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house of representatives from democrat to republican was the scandals that i uncovered, along with john boehner and jim russell, the gang of 7, we fought both republican and democratic leadership on corruption with check-cashing scandal and sent dan rothenskowski to jail. many in the leadership phot fought us and fought usitouslily and newt did not. but he certainly didn't go out and fight the battles and make the changes that were necessary. he was not even a junior partner, he wasn't even in the law firm. in the case of-- >>> this weekend's going to be worse than the giants and the saint and it is packers and everybody else playing. >> lno, i'm just laying out the facts i love newt. but you can't say with respect to that particular situation, which was a very key part of republicans taking control, that he had a lot tow do with it. he was doing other things and they were good things. but he wasn't involved in that. >> sean: let me ask you this -- look, i know, it's interesting because i am on twitter, i read my emails. i get letters letters from peop. i take phone calls on the radio. i love t
house of representatives from democrat to republican was the scandals that i uncovered, along with john boehner and jim russell, the gang of 7, we fought both republican and democratic leadership on corruption with check-cashing scandal and sent dan rothenskowski to jail. many in the leadership phot fought us and fought usitouslily and newt did not. but he certainly didn't go out and fight the battles and make the changes that were necessary. he was not even a junior partner, he wasn't even in...
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i'm encouraged about what speaker boehner said about revenues. may have hedged that a bit in the last 24 hours. may want to see where he can get it from tax reform first, ultimately, republicans are acknowledges, which is a good sign, there has to be revenue as part of the deal. >> you think it's posturing right now? >> i think it's what harry reid said. a lot of dancing going on. but i think we'll get to the thick pretty soon. >> everybody sees the fiscal cliff coming. how much can congress get done, especially if they only give it a week or so? >> that's the big question. two things to consider here. first is the question of the bush tax cuts for the wealthy expiring. the president has said that's going to happen, and that's the real stumbling block here, before you get even to the larger question of the fiscal cliff. everybody knows in the larger package, everybody wants to do tax reform, mitt romney proposed capping deductions, for example, during a campaign, something republicans might be able to sign on to, but even before they get to tax r
i'm encouraged about what speaker boehner said about revenues. may have hedged that a bit in the last 24 hours. may want to see where he can get it from tax reform first, ultimately, republicans are acknowledges, which is a good sign, there has to be revenue as part of the deal. >> you think it's posturing right now? >> i think it's what harry reid said. a lot of dancing going on. but i think we'll get to the thick pretty soon. >> everybody sees the fiscal cliff coming. how...
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on the other it's speaker boehner versus his own party. one of the leaders of this fight is american majority action and we're delighted to say that the group alexander spokesman joins us now, ron meier. good afternoon. >> thanks for having me on. >> great to have you ron. you've endorsed three different candidates, i believe, for speaker, jim jordan, jeb hensarling, and tom price. mr. price says in a statement he's not running, but can you tell our audience why are you so sick and tired of speaker boehner? >> well, there's really two big reasons and they happened in the last two weeks that really have been the nail in the coffin. one is the tax hikes. he's proposed basically to raise taxes on charities and job creators and he thinks that that's where his starting point is with president obama. >> hold on a second. let's be factual. i think what he said was that he was open to $800 billion in revenues but he did not specify the deductions. >> the only way you could get $800 billion in deductions is to go after the charitable deduction and
on the other it's speaker boehner versus his own party. one of the leaders of this fight is american majority action and we're delighted to say that the group alexander spokesman joins us now, ron meier. good afternoon. >> thanks for having me on. >> great to have you ron. you've endorsed three different candidates, i believe, for speaker, jim jordan, jeb hensarling, and tom price. mr. price says in a statement he's not running, but can you tell our audience why are you so sick and...
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you get the birther types, the folks peopler boehner calls the knuckle draggers. you get the people that hate science, like akin with his quack this here rips about rape. you get the real hawks like john boll dip, just waiting for another empty suit to fill with the latest war they've got on their agenda. with the bushes, they hadn't won for the first two for the second. w was much emptier as skuments go, all hat and no, well -- you fill in the blank. the point is, getting
you get the birther types, the folks peopler boehner calls the knuckle draggers. you get the people that hate science, like akin with his quack this here rips about rape. you get the real hawks like john boll dip, just waiting for another empty suit to fill with the latest war they've got on their agenda. with the bushes, they hadn't won for the first two for the second. w was much emptier as skuments go, all hat and no, well -- you fill in the blank. the point is, getting
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i think speaker boehner wants to get a deal. whatever happened last night it did not eliminate the risk that the cliff causes our economy, and our people. it's incumbent upon us, therefore, to continue to work towards a solution and to reach a solution prior to the end the year. the fact that members are not in town -- frankly we've been in town for four weeks and members have not been doing much. one of the least productive times since i've been in congress. but the speaker and president were working together where the speaker to sell it to its caucus and the president could sell it to democrats on capitol hill. let's hope they continue do that. i urged both of them to do that. work through the weekend, work into next week. we still have time to come back on the 27th or 28th of this month, and enact a compromise but will only to be done if democrats and republicans work together. >> well, are your willing to give him the votes to put this over? clearly's not going to be able to deliver a majority of his caucus. so, how many vot
i think speaker boehner wants to get a deal. whatever happened last night it did not eliminate the risk that the cliff causes our economy, and our people. it's incumbent upon us, therefore, to continue to work towards a solution and to reach a solution prior to the end the year. the fact that members are not in town -- frankly we've been in town for four weeks and members have not been doing much. one of the least productive times since i've been in congress. but the speaker and president were...
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members come back to capitol hill and boehner may have a problem. >> all these members are going to come back to town, and they're going to want to play a role in these negotiations. >> the house is back today. that means conservative republicans who insist the wealthy keep this year's tax breaks could put the squeeze on their own party. that's the one thing president obama refuses to bend on. otherwise he says he's flexible. >> i understand, you know, people have a lot of different views. i'm willing to compromise a little bit. >> so are some republicans to save tax breaks for the middle class now and deal with the wealthy later. let's recognize reality, take care of as many people as we possibly can. >> polls show more taxpayers will blame republicans if taxes go up. that's increasing the odds of a year-end deal. >> it's a better than 50/50 chance, and there's a very good chance that we'd be able to avoid a lot of the fiscal cliff. >> behind the scenes negotiations continue today. republicans say they're waiting for the president to outline more spending cuts. the three big issues
members come back to capitol hill and boehner may have a problem. >> all these members are going to come back to town, and they're going to want to play a role in these negotiations. >> the house is back today. that means conservative republicans who insist the wealthy keep this year's tax breaks could put the squeeze on their own party. that's the one thing president obama refuses to bend on. otherwise he says he's flexible. >> i understand, you know, people have a lot of...
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the dow today was because of those optimistic comments by the president and similar ones by speaker boehner. diane? >> all right, negotiations under way. thank you so much, jake. >>> and we learned today that two arch rivals are about to sit down for lunch tomorrow. the president has invited governor mitt romney to join him in the private dining room at the white house. in recent weeks, we've only had rare glimpses of governor romney -- pumping gas. there he was. at disneyland. and enjoying thanksgiving in his kitchen. tomorrow, we are told that lunch with the president will not have any press present. >>> and now, we have startling new details about the fire that killed more than 100 workers trapped inside their factory in bangladesh, making clothes for a lot of american companies. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross is back tonight with what the survivors now say really happened. >> reporter: survivors of the factory fire told human rights investigators today they were actually locked in by security gates as the flames spread. managers apparently thought it was a false alar
the dow today was because of those optimistic comments by the president and similar ones by speaker boehner. diane? >> all right, negotiations under way. thank you so much, jake. >>> and we learned today that two arch rivals are about to sit down for lunch tomorrow. the president has invited governor mitt romney to join him in the private dining room at the white house. in recent weeks, we've only had rare glimpses of governor romney -- pumping gas. there he was. at disneyland....
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eric cantor and john boehner and these guys, their client is the plutocracy, the 1%. the guys on wall street who are angry at barack obama becauset wouldn't fete them at the white house will not tolerate him doing something like that. the chamber of commerce will not tolerate the republicans walking away from them. they are joined to the hip by the 1%. they're not just creeding to barack obama the fairness issue but ceding to him the optimism issue, the values issue and letting him have all of that. all they've got is the negativity. >> i'm nodding. i feel like when you hear obama's speech compared to the speeches of the gop candidates, what you hear from obama is working together, trying to raise each other up. it's a very -- a common goal kind of theme. >> fraternal. >> what you hear everywhere almost all of the candidates, except i would say rick santorum does not really sound like this, you are out for yourself. what we need to do is let each other fight to the death. it's survival of the fittest. >> julian. >> gingrich for all his pontificating and talking down t
eric cantor and john boehner and these guys, their client is the plutocracy, the 1%. the guys on wall street who are angry at barack obama becauset wouldn't fete them at the white house will not tolerate him doing something like that. the chamber of commerce will not tolerate the republicans walking away from them. they are joined to the hip by the 1%. they're not just creeding to barack obama the fairness issue but ceding to him the optimism issue, the values issue and letting him have all of...
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boehner came out and said we should raise taxes. >> i think boehner is doing the best he can to prevent marginal tax rates from rising. i think that's a very noble cause after conservatives and republicans lost in the last election. i think boehner's done the exact right thing. >> i've heard you make the bold case for conservatism on this show. we should advocate for what worked with ronald reagan. guess what? our economy took off. we got 20 million jobs and youth unemployment dropped 43%. and revenues doubled. >> that's not the issue. >> yes, it is. >> that's not john boehner's issue. john boehner didn't lose the presidency, my friend. and don't forget that. and by the way, conservatives did not win the presidency and conservatives did not win the senate. it was a lousy year. and you have to deal with that. and let me add one thing. i am a flat tax supply sider and i worked for ronald reagan. reagan compromised. he compromised in 1982 over a lousy deal which he regretted. he compromised in 1983 over a very good social security fix. and then he compromised again in 1986 over a very good
boehner came out and said we should raise taxes. >> i think boehner is doing the best he can to prevent marginal tax rates from rising. i think that's a very noble cause after conservatives and republicans lost in the last election. i think boehner's done the exact right thing. >> i've heard you make the bold case for conservatism on this show. we should advocate for what worked with ronald reagan. guess what? our economy took off. we got 20 million jobs and youth unemployment...
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i've known john boehner for 21 years. he recognizes that the republicans also running for re-election said to their constituents "we will not raise your taxes. we will not do anything in this economic recession to make things worse "." raising the top two rates is going to hit the job creators and i think what john boehner has said, he said this the day after the election, governor, he said we recognize that the elections have consequences, the president won. republicans are willing to give the president most of what he wants, $800 billion somewhere around a trillion of additional revenue. how do we get there. the president wants to increase tax on the wealthy. republicans want to close loopholes. i think we're a lot closer than the president and congressional republicans would lead you to believe. it is a question of how do we get there. >> jennifer: don't you think ron, if they close loopholes now, then they're not going to be able to lower the corporate tax rate -- it depends on which loopholes you close whether person
i've known john boehner for 21 years. he recognizes that the republicans also running for re-election said to their constituents "we will not raise your taxes. we will not do anything in this economic recession to make things worse "." raising the top two rates is going to hit the job creators and i think what john boehner has said, he said this the day after the election, governor, he said we recognize that the elections have consequences, the president won. republicans are...